Kei Igawa pitched his first complete game of the season with a shutout and Tomoaki Kanemoto went 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, leading the Hanshin Tigers to a 3-0 victory over the Chiba Lotte Marines in interleague play Thursday.
Tomoaki Kanemoto of the Tigers hits a two-run home run off Chiba Lotte Marines rookie Yasutomo
Kubo in the first inning Thursday at Chiba Marine Stadium. Kanemoto has now hit homers in 30
different stadiums in official games.
Igawa (3-2) scattered eight hits -- all singles -- with seven strikeouts and no walks in a 126-pitch outing at Chiba Marine Stadium as Hanshin stopped the Marines' winning streak at four games.
Kanemoto connected off Yasutomo Kubo (2-1) to put Hanshin ahead in the first inning after Andy Sheets reached on an error by Lotte third baseman Toshiaki Imae. Takashi Toritani made it 3-0 in the ninth with an RBI double.